Yesu asengelwa kukomwa
15Handaga ni kihendo kugamba, want'hu wakabula mwe dizuwa dye Pasaka, mkulu wo Mkoa alekelaga mvugailwa yumwenga wakumuunga. 16Elo kwandaga na mvugailwa yumwenga amanyikisaga, etangagwa Balaba. 17Ivo want'hu weze waduganyike, Pilato awauzaga, “Mwaunga miye niwakomoeleni ani mwa wafungwa awa, Balaba hegu Yesu akwitangwa Kilisito mkombozi?” 18Awamanyaga vedi kugamba Wayahudi wandaga wakamlongeleza Yesu haheina lema.
19Umwo Pilato andaga kekala he nyumba yo kukantila masa, mkaziwe amwigailaga ulosi kugamba, “Usekunda na mbuli naye mnt'hu uyo uywedi, kwaviya hionesa makulu mwe sozi, ikilo chomboke mwa yehe.”
20Wakulu wa walava nt'hambiko hamwenga na wadala vilongozi wa want'hu, wawatendaga want'hu kumgamba Pilato amlekele Balaba mna Yesu akantilwe kukomwa. 21Mna Pilato awauzaga want'hu kugamba, “Niani mkuunga nimlekele?”
Niyo wagamba, “Balaba!” 22Pilato awauzaga naho, “Uyu Yesu akwitangwa Kilisito nimtende vivihi?”
Niyo wahitula, “Muwambe mo mti wa masulmizo.”
23Pilato niyo auza vituhu, “Kabanangai?”
Niyo wakonga kutoa lwasu kwa kukweza maizwi, “Muwambe mo mti wa masulmizo.”
24Pilato eze aone kugamba hakuzumilwa kwa dyodyose, mna henuka nk'humbizi, aguhaga mazi, niyo ahaka mikono yakwe wakamsinya wose, niyo awagamba, “Kukomwa kwo umnt'hu uyu hakwi mwangu, nomkaule nyuwe wenye.” 25Want'hu wose niyo wamhitula, “Sakame yakwe ileke inde mwetu hamwenga na wana wetu.”
26Pilato niyo amlekela Balaba, eze Yesu eze atoigwe mikotya, niyo awenk'ha Yesu vileke wakamuwamba mo mti wa masulmizo.
